The 1998 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was led by head coach Carl Torbush.
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | No. 12 | | | L 10–13 | 60,100 | [1] |
September 19 | 6:30 p.m. | at Stanford* | | | FSN | L 34–37 | 34,198 | [2] |
September 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ESPN | L 21–43 | 59,500 | [3] |
October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Clemson | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ABC | W 21–14 | 56,650 | [4] |
October 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh* | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| | W 29–10 | 50,900 | [5] |
October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | | | JPS | W 38–31 | 25,841 | [6] |
October 31 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Florida State | | | ESPN | L 13–39 | 80,050 | [7] |
November 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Maryland | | - Kenan Memorial Stadium
- Chapel Hill, NC
| ESPN2 | W 24–13 | 51,200 | [8] |
November 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Virginia | | | ABC | L 13–30 | 47,000 | [9] |
November 21 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duke | | | JPS | W 28–6 | 25,740 | [10] |
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. NC State | | | ABC | W 37–34 OT | 68,797 | [11] |
December 19 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. San Diego State* | | | ESPN2 | W 20–13 | 21,249 | [12] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Coaches Poll | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Miami (OH)
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at Stanford
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Georgia Tech
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Clemson
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Pittsburgh
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at Wake Forest
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at No. 5 Florida State
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Maryland
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at No. 21 Virginia (South's Oldest Rivalry)
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at Duke (Victory Bell)
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vs. NC State
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vs. San Diego State (Las Vegas Bowl)
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